European Economic Area

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The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 countries. It operates an internal (or single) market which allows free movement of goods, capital, services and people between member states.

The European Economic Area (EEA)

The members of the EU, being:

As well as the following EFTA members[2]:

References

The EEA allows them to be part of the EU’s single market.

Switzerland is neither an EU or EEA member but is part of the single market - this means Swiss nationals have the same rights to live and work in the UK as other EEA nationals.

See also

  1. FOR THE TIME BEING BUT BREXIT MEANS BREXIT
  2. Note: Switzerland is an EFTA member but is still not in the EEA. Fun, huh?